TMK IPSCO Jobs and Profile

TMK IPSCO operates in North America as a division of TMK, the largest pipe producer in Russia and one of the top three producers worldwide.  TMK IPSCO is a leading producer of energy tubulars.  It operates one steel mill and nine pipe mills and product finishing facilities in seven states across the United States .  TMK IPSCO’s pipe mills produce a wide range of seamless and welded energy tubular products including oil & gas well casing and tubing, line pipe, drill pipe, standard pipe and hollow structurals.  TMK IPSCO also manufactures premium connections for oil and natural gas drilling and production under the ULTRA brand name at two plants in Texas ,

For more information about the TMK Group and TMK IPSCO, including Ultra Premium Connections, please visit our web site at www.tmk-group.com or www.tmk-ipsco.com

TMK Group

TMK is Russia ’s largest manufacturer and exporter of steel pipes and ranks among the global top three pipe producers. TMK GDRs and ordinary shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange, Russian Trading System and Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange.

Founded in 2001, OAO “TMK” (TMK) has become an established market leader with production plants in Russia , Romania and now in the United States through the acquisition of IPSCO in June 2008, an industry-recognized leader in the North American tubular market. The Company’s Russian divisions include Volzhsky Pipe Plant, Seversky Tube Works, Sinarsky Pipe Plant, Taganrog Metallurgical Works, Orsky Machine Building Plant and Truboplast coating company. TMK’s Romanian assets include TMK-ARTROM pipe plant and TMK-Resita metallurgical works.  TMK's Ipsco locations include Koppel and Ambridge, PA; Baytown, TX; Camanche, IA; Blyethville, AR; Geneva, NE; Tulsa, OK; Wilder, KY; Odessa and Houston, TX.

Products

The Company’s plants produce almost the entire range of existing pipes used in the oil and gas sector, the chemical and petrochemical industries, energy and machine-building, construction and municipal housing, ship-building, aviation, space and rocket equipment, and agriculture.

The Company’s pipe business is focused on five distinct product-market segments:

Seamless “OCTG" - Oil Country Tubular Goods, i.e. oil well casing, tubing and drill pipe;

Seamless line pipe – seamless products used for conveying gas, oil, liquefied petroleum products, solids in water slurry and water over relatively large distances;

Seamless tubes and pipes for industrial uses– including machine building, automotive applications, mechanical engineering, boiler and process equipment engineering for energy and chemical industries and ball-bearing production;

Large-diameter welded pipes – used for construction of trunk pipeline systems for long-distance transportation of natural gas, crude oil, and petroleum products;

Welded pipes for industrial use public utilities – used for construction of water and gas supply systems and public utilities, general construction and infrastructure purposes and manufacture of consumer goods.

The pipes are manufactured from carbon steel, stainless and heat-resistant steels as well as from titanium and nickel alloys.